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Not Enough Welders

Posted September 16, 2010 8:16 AM

Programs to train more and more welders are proliferating, and educational resources are in such high demand that colleges and technical schools are adding curricula and expanding facilities. One technical college in North Carolina is building a new 17,000-sq-ft facility to accommodate the number of students. But until a sufficient number of welders are trained, should robotic and automated welding be utilized as a stopgap measure? Or as a permanent solution?

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09/17/2010 2:18 PM

Which comes first? The chicken or the egg?

How do you set up automated welding systems without experienced welders or welding engineers?

Nearly the same thing is happening in the CNC world.

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09/18/2010 2:57 PM

Welders come in all sorts of sizes, colors and talent. Its getting the one you need thats difficult.

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